The overwhelming majority of incidents involving violence and abuse came from pupils, but a number were from parents. UNISON believes worsening behaviour […]
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Leaders of academy schools are spending taxpayers’ money
UNISON members working in Derby City Schools have lost 25% of their pay, up to £400 per month, and they need your support for strike action.
This weekend the Prime Minister revealed that she’s planning to allow new Grammar Schools – a policy designed to woo swing voters but […]
Higher education members will be voting over strike action as a result of a 1.1% pay offer for the majority of staff
Friday 9 September 2016 For immediate release Commenting on the prime minister’s speech about grammar schools today (Friday), UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis said: “The country may be under new management, but the Conservative Party’s obsession with grammar schools remains the same. “Grammar schools are outdated relics, removed in most parts of the country for very good reason […]
Everyone deserves to go to a good school – regardless of their background or their academic ability. That simply won’t be achieved by stacking even greater advantage and privilege in the hands of a few schools to the detriment of everyone else
New pay proposal from the county council overwhelmingly rejected: UNISON wil lmove to a vote on strike action, with ballot papers being despatched to classroom support workers early next week
Members in English further education have until 4 November to respond to the consultation on the employers’ ‘first and final’ pay offer
Almost 1,700 classroom assistants across the county are members of UNISON. They are in dispute with […]
Durham teaching assistants – who have just one week left to vote for strike action in the long-running dispute over cuts to their pay – are to hold a major rally today (Thursday). Durham County Council is proposing to move teaching assistants to term-time pay, and extend the working week without paying for any extra […]
Stars in Our Schools day is almost upon us, what have you planned?
UNISON joined sister unions, charities and others in welcoming government proposals for 30 hours a week of […]
Waverley is a school for children with disabilities. There are 115 pupils from age three to 19, with varying physical […]
More than 100 primary schools across County Durham will be affected tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday as teaching assistants strike for a second time in a long-running dispute over cuts to their pay. School support staff plan to protest at dozens of picket lines across the county over the two days. This will mean the closure […]